AmanVarshney01 · AmanVarshney01 · Nov 9, 2025 · Nov 8, 2025 · Nov 9, 2025 · Nov 9, 2025
diff --git a/apps/cli/README.md b/apps/cli/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Options:
   --orm <type>                    ORM type (none, drizzle, prisma, mongoose)
   --auth                          Include authentication
   --no-auth                       Exclude authentication
-  --frontend <types...>           Frontend types (tanstack-router, react-router, tanstack-start, next, nuxt, svelte, solid, native-nativewind, native-unistyles, none)
+  --frontend <types...>           Frontend types (tanstack-router, react-router, tanstack-start, next, nuxt, svelte, solid, native-bare, native-uniwind, native-unistyles, none)
   --addons <types...>             Additional addons (pwa, tauri, starlight, biome, husky, turborepo, fumadocs, ultracite, oxlint, none)
   --examples <types...>           Examples to include (todo, ai, none)
   --git                           Initialize git repository
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ npx create-better-t-stack my-app --backend elysia --runtime node
 Create a project with multiple frontend options (one web + one native):
 
 ```bash
-npx create-better-t-stack my-app --frontend tanstack-router native-nativewind
+npx create-better-t-stack my-app --frontend tanstack-router native-bare
 ```
 
 Create a project with examples:

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/addons/examples-setup.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/addons/examples-setup.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ export async function setupExamples(config: ProjectConfig) {
 			frontend.includes("tanstack-start");
 		const hasNext = frontend.includes("next");
 		const hasReactNative =
-			frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+			frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+			frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 			frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 
 		if (webClientDirExists) {

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/addons/ultracite-setup.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/addons/ultracite-setup.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ function getFrameworksFromFrontend(frontend: string[]): string[] {
 		"tanstack-start": "react",
 		next: "next",
 		nuxt: "vue",
-		"native-nativewind": "react",
+		"native-bare": "react",
+		"native-uniwind": "react",
 		"native-unistyles": "react",
 		svelte: "svelte",
 		solid: "solid",

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/api-setup.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/api-setup.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function getFrontendType(frontend: Frontend[]): {
 		"tanstack-start",
 		"next",
 	];
-	const nativeFrontends = ["native-nativewind", "native-unistyles"];
+	const nativeFrontends = ["native-bare", "native-uniwind", "native-unistyles"];
 
 	return {
 		hasReactWeb: frontend.some((f) => reactBasedFrontends.includes(f)),
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ function getQueryDependencies(frontend: Frontend[]) {
 		"tanstack-router",
 		"tanstack-start",
 		"next",
-		"native-nativewind",
+		"native-bare",
+		"native-uniwind",
 		"native-unistyles",
 	];
 
@@ -162,12 +163,14 @@ function getQueryDependencies(frontend: Frontend[]) {
 	if (needsReactQuery) {
 		const hasReactWeb = frontend.some(
 			(f) =>
-				f !== "native-nativewind" &&
+				f !== "native-bare" &&
+				f !== "native-uniwind" &&
 				f !== "native-unistyles" &&
 				reactBasedFrontends.includes(f),
 		);
 		const hasNative =
-			frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+			frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+			frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 			frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 
 		if (hasReactWeb) {

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/auth-setup.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/auth-setup.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ export async function setupAuth(config: ProjectConfig) {
 				const convexBackendDirExists = await fs.pathExists(convexBackendDir);
 
 				const hasNativeForBA =
-					frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+					frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+					frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 					frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 
 				if (convexBackendDirExists) {
@@ -98,9 +99,10 @@ export async function setupAuth(config: ProjectConfig) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				const hasNativeWind = frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
+				const hasNativeBare = frontend.includes("native-bare");
+				const hasNativeUniwind = frontend.includes("native-uniwind");
 				const hasUnistyles = frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
-				if (nativeDirExists && (hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles)) {
+				if (nativeDirExists && (hasNativeBare || hasNativeUniwind || hasUnistyles)) {
 					await addPackageDependency({
 						dependencies: [
 							"better-auth",
@@ -116,12 +118,13 @@ export async function setupAuth(config: ProjectConfig) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			const hasNativeWind = frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
+			const hasNativeBare = frontend.includes("native-bare");
+			const hasNativeUniwind = frontend.includes("native-uniwind");
 			const hasUnistyles = frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 			if (
 				auth === "clerk" &&
 				nativeDirExists &&
-				(hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles)
+				(hasNativeBare || hasNativeUniwind || hasUnistyles)
 			) {
 				await addPackageDependency({
 					dependencies: ["@clerk/clerk-expo"],
@@ -163,7 +166,8 @@ export async function setupAuth(config: ProjectConfig) {
 		}
 
 		if (
-			(frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+			(frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+				frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 				frontend.includes("native-unistyles")) &&
 			nativeDirExists
 		) {

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/create-readme.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/create-readme.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ function generateReadmeContent(options: ProjectConfig) {
 	const isConvex = backend === "convex";
 	const hasReactRouter = frontend.includes("react-router");
 	const hasNative =
-		frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 	const hasSvelte = frontend.includes("svelte");
 
@@ -321,7 +322,8 @@ function generateProjectStructure(
 	}
 
 	const hasNative =
-		frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 	if (hasNative) {
 		if (isBackendSelf) {
@@ -402,7 +404,8 @@ function generateFeaturesList(
 	const hasTanstackRouter = frontend.includes("tanstack-router");
 	const hasReactRouter = frontend.includes("react-router");
 	const hasNative =
-		frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 	const hasNext = frontend.includes("next");
 	const hasTanstackStart = frontend.includes("tanstack-start");

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/env-setup.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/env-setup.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ export async function setupEnvironmentVariables(config: ProjectConfig) {
 	}
 
 	if (
-		frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+		frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		frontend.includes("native-unistyles")
 	) {
 		const nativeDir = path.join(projectDir, "apps/native");
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ export async function setupEnvironmentVariables(config: ProjectConfig) {
 				const envLocalPath = path.join(convexBackendDir, ".env.local");
 
 				const hasNative =
-					frontend.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+					frontend.includes("native-bare") ||
+					frontend.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 					frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 				const hasWeb = hasWebFrontend;
 

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/post-installation.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/post-installation.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ export async function displayPostInstallInstructions(
 		? getLintingInstructions(runCmd)
 		: "";
 	const nativeInstructions =
-		frontend?.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		frontend?.includes("native-bare") ||
+		frontend?.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		frontend?.includes("native-unistyles")
 			? getNativeInstructions(isConvex, isBackendSelf, frontend || [])
 			: "";
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ export async function displayPostInstallInstructions(
 		].includes(f),
 	);
 	const hasNative =
-		frontend?.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		frontend?.includes("native-bare") ||
+		frontend?.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		frontend?.includes("native-unistyles");
 
 	const bunWebNativeWarning =

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/template-manager.ts b/apps/cli/src/helpers/core/template-manager.ts
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ export async function setupFrontendTemplates(
 	const hasNuxtWeb = context.frontend.includes("nuxt");
 	const hasSvelteWeb = context.frontend.includes("svelte");
 	const hasSolidWeb = context.frontend.includes("solid");
-	const hasNativeWind = context.frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
+	const hasNativeBare = context.frontend.includes("native-bare");
+	const hasNativeUniwind = context.frontend.includes("native-uniwind");
 	const hasUnistyles = context.frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
-	const _hasNative = hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles;
+	const _hasNative = hasNativeBare || hasNativeUniwind || hasUnistyles;
 	const isConvex = context.backend === "convex";
 
 	if (hasReactWeb || hasNuxtWeb || hasSvelteWeb || hasSolidWeb) {
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ export async function setupFrontendTemplates(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles) {
+	if (hasNativeBare || hasNativeUniwind || hasUnistyles) {
 		const nativeAppDir = path.join(projectDir, "apps/native");
 		await fs.ensureDir(nativeAppDir);
 
@@ -220,8 +221,10 @@ export async function setupFrontendTemplates(
 		}
 
 		let nativeFrameworkPath = "";
-		if (hasNativeWind) {
-			nativeFrameworkPath = "nativewind";
+		if (hasNativeBare) {
+			nativeFrameworkPath = "bare";
+		} else if (hasNativeUniwind) {
+			nativeFrameworkPath = "uniwind";
 		} else if (hasUnistyles) {
 			nativeFrameworkPath = "unistyles";
 		}
@@ -382,9 +385,10 @@ export async function setupAuthTemplate(
 	const hasNuxtWeb = context.frontend.includes("nuxt");
 	const hasSvelteWeb = context.frontend.includes("svelte");
 	const hasSolidWeb = context.frontend.includes("solid");
-	const hasNativeWind = context.frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
+	const hasNativeBare = context.frontend.includes("native-bare");
+	const hasUniwind = context.frontend.includes("native-uniwind");
 	const hasUnistyles = context.frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
-	const hasNative = hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles;
+	const hasNative = hasNativeBare || hasUniwind || hasUnistyles;
 
 	const authProvider = context.auth;
 
@@ -440,10 +444,9 @@ export async function setupAuthTemplate(
 				);
 			}
 
-			const hasNativeWind = context.frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
-			const hasUnistyles = context.frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 			let nativeFrameworkPath = "";
-			if (hasNativeWind) nativeFrameworkPath = "nativewind";
+			if (hasNativeBare) nativeFrameworkPath = "bare";
+			else if (hasUniwind) nativeFrameworkPath = "uniwind";
 			else if (hasUnistyles) nativeFrameworkPath = "unistyles";
 			if (nativeFrameworkPath) {
 				const convexClerkNativeFrameworkSrc = path.join(
@@ -529,7 +532,8 @@ export async function setupAuthTemplate(
 			}
 
 			let nativeFrameworkPath = "";
-			if (hasNativeWind) nativeFrameworkPath = "nativewind";
+			if (hasNativeBare) nativeFrameworkPath = "bare";
+			else if (hasUniwind) nativeFrameworkPath = "uniwind";
 			else if (hasUnistyles) nativeFrameworkPath = "unistyles";
 			if (nativeFrameworkPath) {
 				const convexBetterAuthNativeFrameworkSrc = path.join(
@@ -690,8 +694,10 @@ export async function setupAuthTemplate(
 		}
 
 		let nativeFrameworkAuthPath = "";
-		if (hasNativeWind) {
-			nativeFrameworkAuthPath = "nativewind";
+		if (hasNativeBare) {
+			nativeFrameworkAuthPath = "bare";
+		} else if (hasUniwind) {
+			nativeFrameworkAuthPath = "uniwind";
 		} else if (hasUnistyles) {
 			nativeFrameworkAuthPath = "unistyles";
 		}
@@ -1034,13 +1040,16 @@ export async function setupExamplesTemplate(
 		}
 
 		if (nativeAppDirExists) {
-			const hasNativeWind = context.frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
+			const hasNativeBare = context.frontend.includes("native-bare");
+			const hasUniwind = context.frontend.includes("native-uniwind");
 			const hasUnistyles = context.frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
 
-			if (hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles) {
+			if (hasNativeBare || hasUniwind || hasUnistyles) {
 				let nativeFramework = "";
-				if (hasNativeWind) {
-					nativeFramework = "nativewind";
+				if (hasNativeBare) {
+					nativeFramework = "bare";
+				} else if (hasUniwind) {
+					nativeFramework = "uniwind";
 				} else if (hasUnistyles) {
 					nativeFramework = "unistyles";
 				}
@@ -1065,9 +1074,10 @@ export async function setupExamplesTemplate(
 
 export async function handleExtras(projectDir: string, context: ProjectConfig) {
 	const extrasDir = path.join(PKG_ROOT, "templates/extras");
-	const hasNativeWind = context.frontend.includes("native-nativewind");
+	const hasNativeBare = context.frontend.includes("native-bare");
+	const hasUniwind = context.frontend.includes("native-uniwind");
 	const hasUnistyles = context.frontend.includes("native-unistyles");
-	const hasNative = hasNativeWind || hasUnistyles;
+	const hasNative = hasNativeBare || hasUniwind || hasUnistyles;
 
 	if (context.packageManager === "pnpm") {
 		const pnpmWorkspaceSrc = path.join(extrasDir, "pnpm-workspace.yaml");

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/prompts/auth.ts b/apps/cli/src/prompts/auth.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export async function getAuthChoice(
 				"tanstack-router",
 				"tanstack-start",
 				"next",
-				"native-nativewind",
+				"native-bare",
+				"native-uniwind",
 				"native-unistyles",
 			].includes(f),
 		);
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ export async function getAuthChoice(
 				"tanstack-router",
 				"tanstack-start",
 				"next",
-				"native-nativewind",
+				"native-bare",
+				"native-uniwind",
 				"native-unistyles",
 			].includes(f),
 		);

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/prompts/frontend.ts b/apps/cli/src/prompts/frontend.ts
@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@ export async function getFrontendChoice(
 			message: "Choose native",
 			options: [
 				{
-					value: "native-nativewind" as const,
-					label: "NativeWind",
+					value: "native-bare" as const,
+					label: "Bare",
+					hint: "Bare Expo without styling library",
+				},
+				{
+					value: "native-uniwind" as const,
+					label: "UniWind",
 					hint: "Use Tailwind CSS for React Native",
 				},
 				{
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ export async function getFrontendChoice(
 					hint: "Consistent styling for React Native",
 				},
 			],
-			initialValue: "native-nativewind",
+			initialValue: "native-bare",
 		});
 
 		if (isCancel(nativeFramework)) return exitCancelled("Operation cancelled");

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/types.ts b/apps/cli/src/types.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ export const FrontendSchema = z
 		"tanstack-start",
 		"next",
 		"nuxt",
-		"native-nativewind",
+		"native-bare",
+		"native-uniwind",
 		"native-unistyles",
 		"svelte",
 		"solid",

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/utils/better-auth-plugin-setup.ts b/apps/cli/src/utils/better-auth-plugin-setup.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export async function setupBetterAuthPlugins(
 	}
 
 	if (
-		config.frontend?.includes("native-nativewind") ||
+		config.frontend?.includes("native-bare") ||
+		config.frontend?.includes("native-uniwind") ||
 		config.frontend?.includes("native-unistyles")
 	) {
 		pluginsToAdd.push("expo()");